Step- Mother. Poem by Nabakishore Dash

Nowadays divorces are
rising high in our nation.
Little bit of misunderstanding
and doubt derail the marriage
trains of many young men.
When no compromise and sacrifice
seem to emerge,
divorces and separations
are the outcomes.
More boys than girls do
second marriage and the children
from the first marriage
have no option, but
to stay with their step mothers.
Stepmoms are, very rarely,
well behaving with their step children
who come across unimagined
untold mayhems for
no fault of their own
in spite of their best efforts.

Recently a thirty -year-old woman
was was arrested for alleged
branding her eight-year-old
step daughter with hot iron rod
at several positions in her soft skin
as she asked for money to buy chocolate.
Sometimes father and step-mother
are hand in glove to deprive their
step child of many of his/her legitimate
rights and freedom,
some even try to kill them.
Are such behaviour and actions not obdurate?

Shocking is the life who suffer
from such inhumane action
even if they are simple and naive.
My heart bleeds and I strongly condemn
such unpardonable inhumane acts
of people who jeopardise innocents,
agonise them when they have no right to behave.
Let us write against,
damn their economy and despise them
for such nefarious social crime.